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• In the dark; tenant looking for help with electricity Play Video

  December 7, 2023 4:53 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Imagine spending the entire holiday season without power. A tenant is desperate for electricity, but the apartment complex where she lives is waiting on parts for repairs. She called 2 On Your Side hoping to have a solution before the next holiday. When Heather Russell moved... more »

• Man ties up stranger who wouldn't leave his property, calls police

  March 31, 2022 11:17 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A property owner took matters into his own hands when a man invaded his apartment building, tying up the stranger until police arrived. According to WWL-TV , Eric Hernandez recently purchased a 4-plex on Orleans Avenue near New Orleans City Park. While checking on the building... more »

• Student arrested after reported gun battle outside Southern University dorm

  March 24, 2022 10:50 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A college student was arrested overnight for her alleged role in a shoot-out reported in the parking lot of a Southern University dorm . The gunfire Tuesday afternoon stemmed from an argument outside U. S. Jones Hall, a residential building on the college's campus. Arrest... more »

• Tigerland apartment complex, site of recent killing, among most visited spots by police

  November 9, 2021 11:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Since January, police have responded to calls at Tiger Plaza Apartments on Alvin Dark Drive at a dizzying rate. The complex, which was the site of a double shooting Sunday that left a 17-year-old dead, has been visited by police 406 times in 2021. "The... more »

• New affordable housing breaks ground at condemned Brandywine site Play Video

  August 26, 2021 6:38 PM

  BATON ROUGE - It's been known as the poster child of blight, but the Brandywine Condominiums are about to get a facelift. "We have a blight issue in Baton Rouge, this was one of the big eye sores, highly publicized. Often times, we do go in as a city-parish... more »

• Denham Springs Housing Authority has new home five years after being wiped out by 2016 flood Play Video

  August 14, 2021 11:19 PM

  DENHAM SPRINGS - The Denham Springs Housing Authority is paying one million dollars for a new location to rebuild after their complex was destroyed in the 2016 flood. "Thank God we're able to get his contract through the church," Housing Authority Director Fred Banks said. The site is... more »

• Development expansion has neighbors worried about flooding, traffic Play Video

  July 19, 2021 6:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE - There's growing opposition to new developments as projects go before Planning and Zoning boards this week in Baton Rouge. The @Highland development at the corner of Highland Road and Bluebonnet Boulevard is looking to expand. But people who live around there say flooding is too much... more »

• Neighborhood feuding with apartment over trash, want it gone Play Video

  September 28, 2020 6:30 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A couple of dumpsters in an apartment complex's parking lot are filling nearby neighbors with disgust. Jan Hinson is President of the Plantation Trace Resident's Association and contacted 2 On Your Side for help. She has been monitoring two dumpsters full of trash in the northeast... more »

• Person found dead outside apartment complex died from heart attack, officials say

  March 8, 2020 11:25 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Deputies responded to an incident involving a dead body being found in a parking lot. The body was discovered outside in the parking lot of The Reserve at Cedar Lodge condominium complex located on Corporate Blvd. Law enforcement was called to the scene, but the... more »

• Tenants upset over lack of apartment maintenance in Tigerland Play Video

  December 5, 2019 6:32 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Some residents in Tigerland say they're tired of living in filth. They called 2 On Your Side Thursday morning for help. Ian Hoffman lives with his girlfriend at Tiger Park Apartments on Jim Taylor Drive. The couple has been there for a few months and says... more »

• Man arrested after allegedly stabbing a man during a fight

  August 31, 2019 1:47 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police have arrested a man suspected of stabbing another man in a fight three weeks ago. Alvin McCoy, 31, was booked into Parish Prison on counts of attempted second-degree murder and aggravated assault with a knife, booking records show. McCoy is... more »

• Man arrested for shooting death of 22-year-old earlier this month

  August 3, 2019 1:47 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police say a man was robbed and shot to death inside his own apartment earlier this month. Authorities responded to the shooting around 7:30 a.m. Aug. 3 at an apartment complex on N. Donmoor Avenue. Police arrived to find signs of a force entry at the... more »

• Apartment complex mends fence with orange netting, homeowner not happy Play Video

  December 12, 2018 6:58 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A fence separating homes and an apartment complex fell down in August and it's still not repaired. Angie Courville called 2 On Your Side because she's tired of waiting for someone to give her an answer. "We just need to have our privacy back," said Courville.... more »

• DCFS on officer-involved shooting: police escorts 'not unusual' Play Video

  November 14, 2017 11:46 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Officer Darrell Carter of the Baton Rouge Police Department was escorting a state social worker Monday night when he shot and killed a man under investigation for child abuse. The head of Louisiana's Department of Children and Family Services would not go into the details of... more »

• Lee Drive expansion project eyes October completion Play Video

  August 20, 2017 11:18 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The intersection of Lee Drive between Highland Road and Burbank Drive has been seeing some heavy construction as of late, but the necessary project should greatly help traffic in the area. That bottleneck serves as a throughway for multiple college apartment complexes and developers want to... more »

• Man demanding answers after windshield crushed by golf ball Play Video

  July 27, 2017 6:27 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Not every golfer hits their shot straight down the middle. After a golf ball broke one man's windshield, he called 2 On Your Side for help. Robert Perkins lives at Fairway View Apartments with his wife and son and parks his car out front of his... more »

• BRFD: Brandywine clubhouse fire caused by arson

  February 15, 2017 9:16 AM

  BATON ROUGE – Investigators say arson caused a fire in the abandoned Brandywine Apartment complex clubhouse Wednesday morning. Around 5 a.m. Wednesday, Firefighters found the abandoned clubhouse of the complex on fire. The building, located in the 10900 block of Darryl Drive, once housed Brandywine’s offices and mailroom. ... more »

• FEMA now placing flood survivors in rental units Play Video

  November 15, 2016 6:50 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Thousands of people are still trying to figure out where they'll live since their homes were destroyed during the flood. While some are living in their home and rebuilding, others are staying in manufactured housing units. Some, are still waiting. FEMA says it's working to find... more »

• Two men wanted for burglarizing car at Jefferson Highway apartments

  November 2, 2016 5:05 PM

  BATON ROUGE – East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Detectives are looking for two men seen burglarizing a vehicle at an apartment complex on Jefferson Highway. According to EBRSO, vehicle was burglarized at the Millennium Towne Center Apartments located at 6810 Jefferson Highway on Oct. 26. According to reports, the... more »

• 'Lofts at 6C' complex coming to downtown Baton Rouge Play Video

  October 12, 2016 11:24 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A massive parking lot on 6th Street has a new future coming its way. Once a pay-to-park spot, the cement slab spanning from Florida Boulevard to Convention Street will become a new apartment complex. The project, called the "Lofts at 6C," is a 150 unit... more »

• Hotels, restaurants, real estate coming to downtown BR Play Video

  October 10, 2016 11:37 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Downtown Development District is expected to announce nearly 150 new apartment spaces coming to downtown Baton Rouge on Tuesday. On Third Street in the downtown area, a used-to-be parking lot is now lined with fences and "Hard Hat Only" signs. It will soon become the... more »

• Family moves out of flooded apartment complex, management says they owe Play Video

  October 4, 2016 6:07 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A family is at odds with their landlord since they don't feel it's safe to live in their second floor apartment after the ones below flooded. Right now, the Ole London Town Apartments off O'Neal near I-12 is holding the family to the lease agreement, which... more »

• Coroner ID's man who slipped off roof at University House apartments

  July 19, 2016 9:13 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A 20-year-old man has fallen off the rooftop at the University House apartments near LSU's campus Tuesday morning. The East Baton Rouge Coroner's Office identified the 20-year-old man as Jacob Seaman. The death, according to the Coroner's Office was ruled as accidental and the cause of... more »

• Renting in Baton Rouge could become cheaper soon Play Video

  April 21, 2016 2:08 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Sky-high rent could be falling for many people sometime this year, industry insiders suspect after looking into the number of apartments coming on the market. More than one-thousand new units are on the market, and Craig Davenport of Cook Moore and Associates said in presentation Thursday,... more »

• New apartments causing competition in LSU student housing Play Video

  March 24, 2016 6:57 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Several large apartment complexes are under construction in the LSU area. About 4,600 new apartment units are expected to be completed this year. According to real estate appraiser Wesley Moore, that's more than twice as many as normal. "We are going to add a five-year... more »

• Shoe Creek development lawsuit dismissed

  October 23, 2015 12:51 PM

  CENTRAL – A lawsuit that would have prevented construction a 700-unit property development in Central was dismissed Friday morning. Mike Mannino, one of the neighbors suing, said Judge Fields dismissed the lawsuit because the plaintiffs did not provide any witnesses. Manino’s attorney said that the group plans to... more »

• Councilwoman: Taxpayer-funded apartment full of false promises Play Video

  September 3, 2015 6:34 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Questions are being raised tonight over false promises tied to an apartment complex paid for with tax money. At least $12 million was used to revitalize a section of Midcity with a brand new apartment complex, the Midcity Gardens Apartments, which turned a dilapidated section of... more »